Scam Goddess – Fraud Friday: Welcome to Boo Boo City w/ Brittani Warrick

Original Air Date: October 10, 2025
Host: Laci Mosley
Guest: Brittani Warrick (Creative Director, Digital Strategist, Social Media Manager for Dionne Warwick’s legendary Twitter, Digital Marketer at Westbrook Media)

Episode Overview

This rollicking "Fraud Friday" episode revives a listener favorite from behind the paywall. Comedian and "Scam Goddess" Laci Mosley is joined by Brittani Warrick, digital marketing ace and social media whiz, for a hilarious, scam-slinging session. Together, they dissect everything from everyday financial grifts to one of history’s wildest frauds: the tale of Gregor MacGregor and the fictitious country of "Poyais" (a.k.a. Boo Boo City). The two trade stories about scams big and small, legendary hustle, and the everyday absurdity of living in a world full of con artists—all with biting humor, rich cultural commentary, and classic Scam Goddess energy.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Life Itself Is a Scam (07:00–10:30)

• Brittani offers her personal take on the prevalence of scams in daily life, declaring:

  "I feel like life is a scam. Credit scores, that's a scam." (07:00, Brittani)

• Credit bureaus come under fire as profit-driven institutions that perpetuate inequality—the hosts note the arbitrariness of the system and how it disadvantages the poor.
• Laci and Brittani riff on the origins of financial reporting, joke about “just vibes” becoming a new credit metric, and the absurdity of paperwork and bureaucratic hoops.

2. The Perils of Being a Hairstylist to Scammers (18:00–33:40)

• Listener story from "Paul Revere" kicks off a segment on hair industry scams.
• Brittani and Laci break down Paul’s tales of clients trying to scam their way into free services: from paying with multiple PayPals to offering suspect jewelry in lieu of payment.
• The line between scammer and scammed blurs as the hosts question Paul’s sky-high prices and willingness to entertain obvious fraud:

  "Paul, you might be the one running game. Three to four [thousand] for a hairstyle? What are you doing over there?" (26:53, Laci)

• Ample jokes about "criminal hairstylists" and riffing on expensive LA hair culture.

3. Historic Hoodwinks: Gregor MacGregor’s Fake Country (35:17–55:40)

• Main segment: the bizarre true story of Gregor MacGregor, a Scottish conman who invented the entire country of Poyais in the 1800s and sold land, titles, even money to would-be settlers.
• Laci and Brittani provide history, hilarious visuals (MacGregor gets roasted for his portrait), and cultural context around European colonial grifters.
  • MacGregor’s “paradise” in reality was swampy, deadly mosquito coastland:

    “…the country of Poyais didn't actually exist. …he just knighted himself.” (36:09, 42:24, Laci)

  • The elaborate trick included fake guidebooks, currency, and seven ships of settlers (who mostly did not survive).
• The duo draws parallels to crypto hucksters, modern cults, and real estate scams.
• Memorable moment:

  “He told everyone he’s the Prince of Boo Boo City. …He got this land, he’s the prince of it.” (47:10, Laci)

• Ultimately, MacGregor dies peacefully, never punished for his epic fraud—a fact that prompts incredulous laughter and exasperation.

4. Scammer of the Week: Antique Store Markups (57:18–62:23)

• TikToker Angel Munoz busts an antique shop reselling $8.99 Goodwill swans for $220.
• The hosts debate the value of “vintage” goods, the ethics of retail markup, and the haunting nature of old collectibles.

  “Are you trying to have a haunted house? …I feel like everything’s haunted.” (60:24, Brittani)

• They conclude that value is subjective—if you can sell it and people believe the story, it’s worth whatever they’ll pay.

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On the absurdity of financial institutions:

  "Those funds aren’t coming… Credit karma: ‘You’re on a roll.’ And then Experian’s like, ‘No, the fuck you not.’" (07:23, Brittani)

• On scammy hair clients:

  "If I have to Venmo you and you're like, 'Yeah, I got a new Venmo.' How many—you shouldn't have new Venmos." (20:32, guest)

• Audience shade:

  "Don’t send me your complaints about this podcast. It is free, okay? I’m a black woman giving you free things, and you got the gall…" (13:44, Brittani)

• Summary of the Gregor MacGregor scam:

  "He played off people's weariness of where they lived...and managed to raise a decent amount of capital... Seven ships’ worth of settlers to a place that just killed them." (50:08–51:18, Laci)

• Acts of self-aware chaos, skewering both scam artists and their marks:

  "If you want this $3,000 hairstyle, go pawn your grandma’s jewels and come back." (32:00, Brittani)

• On haunted antiques:

  "That would be very ghetto to me if I died and I was a ghost and then I just haunted spoons." (60:37, Brittani)

Episode Structure & Timestamps

| Segment | Start Time | Key Highlights | |-----------------------------------|-------------|---------------| | Introductions & Guest Banter | 02:00 | Brittani’s background, TikTok fast-talkers, phone numbers in jail | | What’s Hot in Fraud (Letter time) | 12:11 | Paul Revere’s hairstylist scam | | Historic Hoodwinks: Poyais | 35:17 | Gregor MacGregor’s “Boo Boo City” | | Scammer of the Week (Antiques) | 57:18 | Fake “antiques,” resale mark-ups | | Show Wrap-up & Socials | 62:23 | Where to find Brittani, Laci’s socials |

Style & Tone

• Highly conversational, irreverent, and deeply comedic, interspersed with quick-witted sociopolitical observations.
• Frequent riffing and asides, but always with pointed moral or cultural insight.
• Focus on centering Black audience experience and calling out both structural and petty fraud.

For New Listeners

This episode is a classic Scam Goddess blend—equal parts hilarious, educational, and acerbic. Come for the true-con stories, stay for the hilarious chemistry between Laci and Brittani, and leave with a new sense of skepticism (and maybe ideas for a side hustle as a “criminals-only hairstylist”). As always: stay schemin’.

Find Brittani Warrick

• Twitter: @BrittaniWarrick
  “Buckle up—it’s a fun ride.”

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Stay schemin’, congregation!